Java Posse #319 - Newscast for Aug 12th 2010

Newscast for Aug 12th 2010 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com VFR trapped above clouds explanation http://www.ravenware.com/factand/nofic/essays/vfrimc1.htm Scala training in SF - last chance http://artima.com/seminars LLNL NIF visit https://lasers.llnl.gov/ Google Wave discontinued already? http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-google-wave.html http://lifehacker.com/5604687/google-halts-wave-development-shutting-it-down-by-end-of-year http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-810 Novell's Pulse? http://www.novell.com/products/pulse/ NetBeans 6.9.1 release, JavaFX 1.3.1, plus JavaFX composer getting some kudos http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1488.html http://download.oracle.com/javafx/1.3/tutorials/ApplicationStartup/ http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17802_01/javafx/javafx/1.3/docs/api/javafx.scene/doc-files/cssref.html Lots of bug fixes http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans6.9PatchesInfo http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2010/08/javafx_bashing.html Quick News Google has acquired Instantiations http://java.dzone.com/articles/google-acquires-java-tool Oracle responded very quickly to the problem between Java 6 U 21 and Eclipse (and other Java apps) http://bewarethepenguin.blogspot.com/2010/07/tip-of-hat-to-oracle.html http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6969236 ScalaWags The Scala community is already looking ahead to Scala 2.9 http://www.scala-lang.org/node/7285 Jim McBeath has been digging in to the new Delimited Continuations feature available as a compiler plugin for Scala 2.8 http://jim-mcbeath.blogspot.com/2010/08/delimited-continuations.html Experimental support for the ScalaIDE in Eclipse Helios http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/07/experimental-support-for-eclipse-helios-just-landed/ Android Froyo rolling out to multiple devices http://jkontherun.com/2010/08/03/froyo-update-hits-the-evo-4g/ http://www.androidguys.com/2010/07/30/confirmed-galaxy-froyo-september/ Google CEO Eric Schmidt now reports that Android activations are up to 200,000 per day http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/android-soars-but-iphone-still-most-desired-as-smartphones-grab-25-of-u-s-mobile-market Some growing pains in the Android market have caused problems http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=2d74bb048b84a14a&hl=en A new service from Google introduces a licensing server and API http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/licensing-service-technology-highlights.html it seems that rumors of the N1's demise might have been slightly exaggerated http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/08/nexus-one-developer-phone.html Listener Feedback Magnolia conference in September http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/conference.html Adobe acquiring Day http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201007/072810AdobetoAcquireDaySoftware.html AppInventor from Google Labs http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/ New features for Scala Eclipse plugin http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/08/not-a-release-but-new-and-noteworthy-even-so/ Random Crap A new version of Adobe Flash for Mac OS X offers GPU hardware accelerated video decoding http://lifehacker.com/5609674/updated-flash-player-enables-hardware+accelerated-video-on-os-x DeviantART announced a new paint program, Muro, that is entirely Web-based using HTML5 and Javascript Announcement: http://news.deviantart.com/article/125373/ Real thing: http://muro.deviantart.com/ App of the week: yED - Java based diagramming tool that works on most operating systems http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.html Sprint anycom FIPO Bluetooth dock adapter - the solution for iPhone hardware lock-in? http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/08/sprint-anycom-receiver-wirelessly-connects-bluetooth-devices-to-ipod-speaker-dock/ Using a Cloud? CloudFail.net is a handy site that aggregates all the cloud providers news feeds into a single website. http://cloudfail.net Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall